Attached knitting needle



b 1935- J. H. GHAHAM l,999,691

ATTAHED KNITTING NEEDLE Filed May 15, 1933 IHHHHIHIHIIIIIHHHWHWV '/I/////A//////////////I///////// INVENTOR A TZORNEY James liaraham.

Patented Apr'. 30,-1935' I t 4 I I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE ATTACHED KNITTING NEEDLE James H. Graham, To''igton, Conn. Application May 15, 1933, Serial No. 67l,l23

1 Claim. (Ci. 66-11?) This invention relates to hand knitting nee- 'reference numerals denote corresponding parts dies, and more particularly to a n elongated neethroughout the several views, the numerals o die having two cyiindrical knitting points conand H indicate respectively a pair of knitting nected together byasingle flexible central strand. points which are substantiaily cylindrical in ,3 One object of this invention is to provide a shape and have their outer' extremities !2 and knitting needle of the above nature in which the !3 made conical in the' usual manner. The incentral connecting strand is made from fiexible ner ends M and l5 of said points are tapered wire of smaller diameter than the end points. and are rigidly Secured to a' long slender flexible A further object is to provide a knitting neeconnecting strand I6, preferably of'wire. The

n die of the above nature in which the joints bepoints n and 'll are shown in Figs. 3 and 4 as tween the central strand and the knitting points being tapped at IT to receive the threaded ends are smoothly tapered and are of a very strong I8 of the central strand, whereby the points ll! dui-able Construction. and I l may be readily screwed upon the threaded A further object is to provide a duplex" knitends |8 of the wire strand !6. u

L'. ting needle of the above nature which will be After the parts have been assembled, the joint ju simple in construction, inexpensive to manumay be squeezed inwardly at a plurality of spaced facture, easy to manipulate, compact, ornamenpoints lsa adjacent the open end of said tapped tal in appearance, and very efi'icient in use. portion, as indicated by the dotted lines in Fig.

With these and other objects in view there 4, to deform the metal of both said point and said have been illustrated on the accompanying drawstrand. All possibility of relative twisting or 20 ing several forms in which the invention may be sliding of said parts will thus be avoided when Conveniently embodied in practice. grinding or otherwise smoothing the joint.

In the drawing: In order to form abutments for the inner ta- Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the duplex knitpered ends |4 and !5 of the knitting points IO ting needle as it appears when in position for and II, the central strand is provided with a- 25 use. pair of integralfrusto-conical sections 20. pret- Fig.'2 is a longitudinal side view of one of erably formed in a heading machine. The enthe knitting points and central connecting larged outer ends of the conical sections 20 are strand. adapted to lie in contact with the annular ends Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional exl9 of the points I u and ll when the parts are 30 ploded view of the same showing the construc'- in the assembled relation shown in Fig. 4. tion of the joint between the central strand an The inner ends !4 and |5 of the knitting points the knitting point. are adapted to lie flush with the edge of the Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing the conical sections 20, and when assembled, the parts in assembled position. joints may be bumished, spun, or otherwise as Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view of a modified smoothed off. v form of the invention. r As noted in Fig. 3, a fin 22 is formed at' the Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view of another modilarge end of each conical section 20 during the fied form in which the knitting point is united heading operation. This fin is preferabiy re- 40 to the central strand by "butt-welding". ved'af r t parts have been a sem ed. 40

Fig. 7 shows a. further modified form of nee- In the modified form of the invention shown dle having a composition point molded upon the in Fig. 5, u the relatively large knitting point 23 ends oi *the central strand. v of the needl is formed' as an integral part of the In the use of previous forms of duplex knitcentralwire connecting strand 24. In this conting needles, considerable dimculty has been exstruction, the central strand is Originally of the 4:, perienced due to breakage at the joints'between same diameter as the end knitting points and the knitting points and the central strand caused may be reduced to a Smallerd as shown. by the repeated bending' strains to which said' by rolling, drawing, or swaging, etc. 4 jointswere subjected. The material being knit- In the mod fied form s o n in Fig. 6, the

no tea wa also quite apt to catch on the ab-apt f'duplex"knitting needle comprisesaflexiblecenshoulder-s at said joints when "knitting-off from tral wire strand of small diameter, and havone needle on to the other. By means of the ing a e arged head 21 butt-welded at 28 to the present invention, the above and other disadknitting point 25. vantages have been eliminated. A still further modified form is shown n Fg.

naten-ing now to the drawing in which lik 7, in which case the knitting points Il are made 55 of composition moided or otherwise consolidated around the end 29 of the flexible connecting strana 30, which end is preferably roughened, as by knurling. If desired, the. central strand !l may be provided with headed conicai sections 3! to form shoulders for engagement by the inner ends of the molded material of the point 28.

While there have been disclosed in this specification several forms in which the invention may be embodied, it is to be understood that these forms are shown for the purpose of iliustration only. and that the invention is not to be limited ?to the specific disclosures but may be modified and embodied in various other forms without departing from its spirit. In short. the invention includes all the modifications and embodiments coming within the scope of the following claim.

Having thus fully described the invention what is claimed as new and for which it is desired to secure Letters Patent is:

In a. lnitting needle, a pair of relatively large metal knitting sections having .pointed outer ends, and a relatively small fiexible' metal central strand butt-welded to the inner ends of said knitting sections, the ends of said strand having enlarged tapered sections, and the inne! ends of said knitting sections being reduced to substantially the same diameter as said enlarged tapered sections at the welded joints. v

JAMES H. GRAHAM. 

